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Table CT5. Commercial Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 1960-2020, North Carolina

Table CT5. Commercial Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 1960-2020, North Carolina






Year


Coal

Natural
Gas a		 Petroleum
Hydro-
electric
Power e,f		 Biomass





Geothermal f


Solar f,h
Electricity
Retail
Sales




Net
Energy f,i


Electrical
System
Energy
Losses j





Total f,i
Distillate
Fuel Oil
HGL b
Kerosene 		Motor
Gasoline c		 Residual
Fuel Oil
Total d

Wood
and
Waste f,g
Thousand
Short Tons		 Billion
Cubic Feet
Thousand Barrels		 Million
Kilowatthours		 Million
Kilowatthours
1960 408 4 1,156 523 248 206 122 2,255 NA – – – – NA 2,667 – – – – – –
1961 332 4 1,164 518 279 225 113 2,299 NA – – – – NA 2,927 – – – – – –
1962 364 5 1,358 615 287 235 95 2,591 NA – – – – NA 3,258 – – – – – –
1963 314 6 1,310 683 274 256 88 2,612 NA – – – – NA 3,545 – – – – – –
1964 275 7 1,292 735 247 265 100 2,640 NA – – – – NA 4,065 – – – – – –
1965 233 7 1,307 829 251 278 120 2,786 NA – – – – NA 5,360 – – – – – –
1966 274 10 1,538 861 252 293 134 3,077 NA – – – – NA 5,958 – – – – – –
1967 256 17 1,527 818 250 309 143 3,047 NA – – – – NA 6,627 – – – – – –
1968 242 21 1,588 808 264 326 127 3,113 NA – – – – NA 7,670 – – – – – –
1969 238 25 1,547 906 250 332 163 3,197 NA – – – – NA 8,638 – – – – – –
1970 192 22 1,701 972 239 355 179 3,446 NA – – – – NA 9,697 – – – – – –
1971 191 26 1,619 947 227 366 282 3,441 NA – – – – NA 10,634 – – – – – –
1972 202 24 1,760 1,005 193 377 363 3,698 NA – – – – NA 11,517 – – – – – –
1973 255 23 1,748 840 164 400 304 3,456 NA – – – – NA 12,812 – – – – – –
1974 271 21 1,473 745 129 399 277 3,025 NA – – – – NA 12,383 – – – – – –
1975 259 22 1,426 726 117 414 233 2,917 NA – – – – NA 11,679 – – – – – –
1976 205 20 1,596 777 126 431 384 3,313 NA – – – – NA 12,298 – – – – – –
1977 171 18 1,679 764 117 434 450 3,444 NA – – – – NA 13,188 – – – – – –
1978 183 20 1,456 902 105 447 347 3,258 NA – – – – NA 13,631 – – – – – –
1979 120 24 1,853 862 74 457 371 3,617 NA – – – – NA 13,655 – – – – – –
1980 135 26 1,673 921 118 790 491 3,992 NA – – – – NA 14,258 – – – – – –
1981 113 26 1,343 901 45 801 102 3,191 NA – – – – NA 15,681 – – – – – –
1982 128 25 885 816 33 689 185 2,608 NA – – – – NA 15,760 – – – – – –
1983 108 25 2,932 970 94 664 169 4,829 NA – – – – NA 16,357 – – – – – –
1984 97 26 3,449 1,023 135 1,524 230 6,362 NA – – – – NA 18,264 – – – – – –
1985 152 25 2,958 1,033 245 633 322 5,191 NA – – – – NA 19,163 – – – – – –
1986 119 25 2,696 1,029 172 647 241 4,785 NA – – – – NA 20,858 – – – – – –
1987 125 30 3,352 1,254 137 723 63 5,530 NA – – – – NA 22,110 – – – – – –
1988 159 32 3,534 1,162 257 682 282 5,917 NA – – – – NA 23,117 – – – – – –
1989 121 33 2,614 1,560 176 625 225 5,200 0 – – – – (s) 24,273 – – – – – –
1990 125 31 2,302 1,384 78 782 223 4,769 24 – – – – (s) 25,516 – – – – – –
1991 80 34 2,108 1,550 93 375 117 4,243 24 – – – – (s) 26,411 – – – – – –
1992 167 36 1,906 1,740 46 323 111 4,126 24 – – – – (s) 26,912 – – – – – –
1993 188 37 2,012 1,796 50 59 284 4,202 12 – – – – (s) 28,547 – – – – – –
1994 223 39 2,179 1,801 340 78 264 4,662 16 – – – – (s) 29,275 – – – – – –
1995 195 37 2,345 1,893 147 61 185 4,631 15 – – – – (s) 31,104 – – – – – –
1996 181 40 2,824 2,166 178 312 220 5,701 13 – – – – (s) 32,563 – – – – – –
1997 171 38 2,861 2,156 205 176 169 5,567 16 – – – – (s) 33,344 – – – – – –
1998 178 36 2,584 2,057 261 347 114 5,362 13 – – – – (s) 35,720 – – – – – –
1999 132 38 2,162 2,080 185 311 100 4,837 10 – – – – (s) 37,202 – – – – – –
2000 101 43 2,679 2,250 234 330 113 5,606 10 – – – – (s) 39,067 – – – – – –
2001 114 39 3,096 2,316 192 263 128 5,994 2 – – – – (s) 39,895 – – – – – –
2002 116 40 1,992 2,158 95 275 74 4,594 8 – – – – (s) 41,451 – – – – – –
2003 113 44 2,190 2,381 269 1,163 208 6,212 6 – – – – (s) 41,672 – – – – – –
2004 317 45 1,680 2,462 168 1,461 276 6,048 17 – – – – (s) 42,864 – – – – – –
2005 137 48 1,669 1,943 162 1,939 229 5,942 18 – – – – (s) 44,161 – – – – – –
2006 106 46 1,471 1,901 100 1,604 161 5,237 12 – – – – (s) 44,585 – – – – – –
2007 40 45 1,502 1,940 71 1,153 30 4,696 7 – – – – 1 46,807 – – – – – –
2008 250 49 1,359 2,562 37 1,304 45 5,308 8 – – – – 4 46,540 – – – – – –
2009 206 51 1,812 1,971 30 1,936 3 5,752 14 – – – – 5 46,240 – – – – – –
2010 191 56 1,636 2,092 65 983 1 4,777 12 – – – – 6 47,932 – – – – – –
2011 163 50 1,522 1,836 27 379 1 3,765 10 – – – – 16 [R ] 46,467 – – – – – –
2012 125 49 1,490 1,794 9 362 (s) 3,654 11 – – – – 43 [R ] 46,510 – – – – – –
2013 134 55 957 1,781 10 319 2 3,069 15 – – – – 106 46,649 – – – – – –
2014 150 60 1,227 2,228 22 352 6 3,835 14 – – – – 139 47,510 – – – – – –
2015 145 55 1,281 2,015 10 2,538 1 5,845 11 – – – – 143 48,236 – – – – – –
2016 119 56 1,182 1,739 15 2,709 2 5,647 14 – – – – 238 48,604 – – – – – –
2017 105 54 1,202 2,131 7 2,358 0 5,697 10 – – – – 229 47,890 – – – – – –
2018 78 58 1,287 2,016 7 2,397 1 5,709 13 – – – – 228 49,298 – – – – – –
2019 58 57 1,309 1,793 6 2,418 0 5,527 [R ] 14 – – – – 233 49,173 – – – – – –
2020 48 52 1,161 2,353 6 2,428 0 5,948 15 – – – – 232 45,905 – – – – – –
Trillion Btu
1960 10.1 3.8 6.7 2.0 1.4 1.1 0.8 12.0 NA 0.8 NA NA 9.1 35.9 22.5 58.4
1961 8.2 4.3 6.8 2.0 1.6 1.2 0.7 12.2 NA 0.8 NA NA 10.0 35.5 24.3 59.8
1962 9.0 5.1 7.9 2.4 1.6 1.2 0.6 13.7 NA 0.7 NA NA 11.1 39.7 26.7 66.4
1963 7.7 6.2 7.6 2.6 1.6 1.3 0.6 13.7 NA 0.7 NA NA 12.1 40.4 28.9 69.3
1964 6.8 6.9 7.5 2.8 1.4 1.4 0.6 13.8 NA 0.6 NA NA 13.9 41.9 33.0 74.9
1965 5.7 7.5 7.6 3.2 1.4 1.5 0.8 14.4 NA 0.6 NA NA 18.3 46.6 43.7 90.2
1966 6.7 9.8 9.0 3.3 1.4 1.5 0.8 16.1 NA 0.5 NA NA 20.3 53.5 48.7 102.2
1967 6.2 17.6 8.9 3.1 1.4 1.6 0.9 16.0 NA 0.5 NA NA 22.6 62.9 54.0 116.9
1968 5.9 21.2 9.3 3.1 1.5 1.7 0.8 16.4 NA 0.5 NA NA 26.2 70.1 62.4 132.5
1969 5.8 25.2 9.0 3.5 1.4 1.7 1.0 16.7 NA 0.4 NA NA 29.5 77.5 70.3 147.8
1970 4.6 22.0 9.9 3.7 1.4 1.9 1.1 18.0 NA 0.4 NA NA 33.1 78.1 80.0 158.1
1971 4.5 27.0 9.4 3.6 1.3 1.9 1.8 18.1 NA 0.4 NA NA 36.3 86.2 87.5 173.6
1972 4.7 24.7 10.2 3.9 1.1 2.0 2.3 19.5 NA 0.3 NA NA 39.3 88.6 94.1 182.7
1973 6.0 23.7 10.2 3.2 0.9 2.1 1.9 18.4 NA 0.3 NA NA 43.7 92.1 103.7 195.8
1974 6.3 21.5 8.6 2.9 0.7 2.1 1.7 16.0 NA 0.3 NA NA 42.3 86.4 102.2 188.6
1975 6.1 22.0 8.3 2.8 0.7 2.2 1.5 15.4 NA 0.4 NA NA 39.8 83.7 95.6 179.3
1976 4.9 20.4 9.3 3.0 0.7 2.3 2.4 17.7 NA 0.5 NA NA 42.0 85.4 100.4 185.8
1977 4.0 18.7 9.8 2.9 0.7 2.3 2.8 18.5 NA 0.5 NA NA 45.0 86.7 107.6 194.3
1978 4.3 20.8 8.5 3.5 0.6 2.3 2.2 17.1 NA 0.6 NA NA 46.5 89.3 112.6 201.9
1979 2.9 24.4 10.8 3.3 0.4 2.4 2.3 19.3 NA 0.7 NA NA 46.6 93.9 111.2 205.1
1980 3.3 26.5 9.7 3.5 0.7 4.1 3.1 21.2 NA 0.6 NA NA 48.6 100.2 116.9 217.1
1981 2.8 26.7 7.8 3.5 0.3 4.2 0.6 16.4 NA 0.5 NA NA 53.5 99.8 125.3 225.1
1982 3.1 25.7 5.2 3.1 0.2 3.6 1.2 13.3 NA 0.7 NA NA 53.8 96.6 127.1 223.7
1983 2.7 25.5 17.1 3.7 0.5 3.5 1.1 25.9 NA 0.5 NA NA 55.8 110.4 131.3 241.6
1984 2.4 27.1 20.1 3.9 0.8 8.0 1.4 34.2 NA 0.6 NA NA 62.3 126.6 142.1 268.7
1985 3.8 25.9 17.2 4.0 1.4 3.3 2.0 27.9 NA 0.7 NA NA 65.4 123.7 149.8 273.4
1986 3.0 26.3 15.7 4.0 1.0 3.4 1.5 25.5 NA 0.8 NA NA 71.2 126.8 159.7 286.4
1987 3.1 30.9 19.5 4.8 0.8 3.8 0.4 29.3 NA 0.7 NA NA 75.4 139.5 167.0 306.5
1988 4.0 33.4 20.6 4.5 1.5 3.6 1.8 31.9 NA 0.8 NA NA 78.9 148.9 174.6 323.6
1989 3.0 34.2 15.2 6.0 1.0 3.3 1.4 26.9 0.0 1.8 0.0 (s) 82.8 148.7 191.2 339.9
1990 3.2 32.3 13.4 5.3 0.4 4.1 1.4 24.7 0.3 1.3 0.0 (s) 87.1 148.7 200.2 348.9
1991 2.0 35.4 12.3 6.0 0.5 2.0 0.7 21.5 0.3 1.3 0.0 (s) 90.1 150.6 207.5 358.1
1992 4.2 37.7 11.1 6.7 0.3 1.7 0.7 20.4 0.3 1.4 0.0 (s) 91.8 155.8 211.1 366.9
1993 4.7 38.7 11.7 6.9 0.3 0.3 1.8 21.0 0.1 2.5 0.0 (s) 97.4 164.4 223.1 387.5
1994 5.6 40.3 12.7 6.9 1.9 0.4 1.7 23.6 0.2 2.4 0.0 (s) 99.9 172.0 219.9 391.9
1995 4.9 38.6 13.6 7.3 0.8 0.3 1.2 23.2 0.2 2.4 0.0 (s) 106.1 175.4 236.7 412.1
1996 4.5 41.9 16.4 8.3 1.0 1.6 1.4 28.8 0.1 2.5 0.0 (s) 111.1 189.0 247.7 436.6
1997 4.3 39.4 16.7 8.3 1.2 0.9 1.1 28.1 0.2 2.4 0.0 (s) 113.8 188.1 245.7 433.8
1998 4.8 37.9 15.0 7.9 1.5 1.8 0.7 26.9 0.1 2.1 0.0 (s) 121.9 193.7 266.3 460.1
1999 3.6 39.4 12.6 8.0 1.0 1.6 0.6 23.9 0.1 2.2 0.0 (s) 126.9 196.1 282.1 478.1
2000 2.7 44.4 15.6 8.6 1.3 1.7 0.7 28.0 0.1 2.4 0.0 (s) 133.3 210.9 298.5 509.5
2001 2.8 40.2 18.0 8.9 1.1 1.4 0.8 30.2 (s) 1.7 0.0 (s) 136.1 211.1 300.4 511.4
2002 2.9 41.7 11.6 8.3 0.5 1.4 0.5 22.3 0.1 1.7 0.0 (s) 141.4 210.1 313.9 524.0
2003 2.9 46.1 12.7 9.1 1.5 6.0 1.3 30.8 0.1 1.8 0.0 (s) 142.2 223.8 312.6 536.4
2004 7.9 47.0 9.8 9.5 1.0 7.6 1.7 29.5 0.2 1.8 0.0 (s) 146.3 232.6 328.0 560.6
2005 3.5 49.4 9.7 7.5 0.9 10.1 1.4 29.6 0.2 2.5 0.0 (s) 150.7 235.9 335.8 571.7
2006 2.7 47.9 8.5 7.3 0.6 8.3 1.0 25.7 0.1 2.3 0.0 (s) 152.1 230.9 340.5 571.3
2007 1.0 47.0 8.7 7.5 0.4 5.9 0.2 22.7 0.1 2.4 0.0 (s) 159.7 232.9 356.4 589.2
2008 6.7 50.0 7.9 9.8 0.2 6.7 0.3 24.9 0.1 2.6 0.0 (s) 158.8 243.0 356.6 599.7
2009 5.5 52.6 10.5 7.6 0.2 9.9 (s) 28.1 0.1 2.4 0.0 0.1 [R ] 157.8 246.6 349.4 596.0
2010 5.1 57.2 9.4 8.0 0.4 5.0 (s) 22.8 0.1 2.3 0.0 0.1 163.5 251.2 360.1 611.2
2011 4.3 50.6 8.8 7.1 0.2 1.9 (s) 17.9 0.1 2.3 0.0 0.2 [R ] 158.5 233.9 344.6 578.5
2012 3.3 49.7 8.6 6.9 (s) 1.8 (s) 17.4 0.1 2.0 0.0 0.4 158.7 231.6 [R ] 336.7 568.3 [R ]
2013 3.6 56.1 5.5 6.8 0.1 1.6 (s) 14.0 0.1 2.8 0.0 1.0 159.2 236.8 [R ] 319.3 556.1
2014 4.0 61.4 7.1 8.6 0.1 1.8 (s) 17.6 0.1 3.1 0.0 1.3 162.1 249.6 323.3 572.9
2015 3.9 57.1 7.4 7.7 0.1 12.8 (s) 28.0 0.1 2.1 0.0 1.3 164.6 257.1 322.2 579.3
2016 3.1 57.8 6.8 6.7 0.1 13.7 (s) 27.3 0.1 2.1 0.0 2.2 165.8 258.5 323.6 582.1
2017 2.8 55.7 6.9 8.2 (s) 11.9 0.0 27.1 0.1 2.0 0.0 2.1 163.4 253.1 313.4 566.6
2018 2.0 59.7 7.4 7.7 (s) 12.1 (s) 27.3 0.1 2.1 0.0 2.1 168.2 261.6 323.0 584.6
2019 1.5 59.1 7.5 6.9 (s) 12.2 0.0 26.7 0.1 1.7 0.0 2.1 167.8 259.0 318.8 577.8
2020 1.3 53.9 6.7 9.0 (s) 12.3 0.0 28.0 0.1 1.9 0.0 2.0 156.6 243.9 292.6 536.5
aIncludes supplemental gaseous fuels that are commingled with natural gas. iBeginning in 1980, adjusted for the double-counting of supplemental gaseous fuels, which are included in both natural gas and
the other fossil fuels from which they are mostly derived, but should be counted only once in net energy and total. For 1981 through
1992, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline that is not included in the motor gasoline column. Beginning in 2009, includes
a small amount of wind energy consumed by commercial utility-scale facilities.
bHydrocarbon gas liquids, assumed to be propane only. jIncurred in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity plus plant use and unaccounted for electrical system energy
losses. Pre-1990 estimates are not comparable to those for later years. See Section 6 of Technical Notes for an explanation of
changes in methodology.
cBeginning in 1993, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline. There is a discontinuity in this time series between 2014
and 2015 because of coverage. See Technical Notes, Section 4.		 – – = Not applicable. NA = Not available.
dIncludes small amounts of petroleum coke not shown separately. Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Physical unit value less than 0.5 or Btu value less than 0.05.
eConventional hydroelectric power. For 1960 through 1989, includes pumped-storage hydroelectricity, which cannot be separately
identified.		 Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. · The commercial sector includes commercial
combined-heat-and-power (CHP) and commercial electricity-only plants. · The continuity of these data series estimates may be
affected by changing data sources and estimation methodologies. See the Technical Notes for each type of energy.
fThere is a discontinuity in this time series between 1988 and 1989 due to the expanded coverage of renewable energy sources
beginning in 1989.		 Web Page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.
gWood, wood-derived fuels, and biomass waste. Prior to 2001, includes non-biomass waste. Sources: Data sources, estimation procedures, and assumptions are described in the Technical Notes.
hSolar thermal and photovoltaic energy. Excludes a small amount of solar thermal energy consumed as heat that is included in the
residential sector.